The Nigeria-ECOWAS gas pipeline project to Morocco and beyond “is a model of regional integration that will change the face of Atlantic Africa,” said Wednesday Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita in Rabat.
“This is a project that is moving forward, which will be a model of regional integration and will change the face of the Atlantic and this Atlantic Africa,” said Nasser Bourita at a joint press briefing with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, after their talks on the sidelines of the first ministerial meeting of the Atlantic African States.
Among other structuring and strategic projects, the Minister also cited the construction of a fertilizer plant, stressing that these two important projects are the result of the impetus given by the two heads of state, King Mohammed VI and President Muhammadu Buhari, to bilateral relations.
In this regard, Bourita welcomed the excellent bilateral relations, carried by the personal relations of trust, friendship and brotherhood between the King and President Buhari, noting that Morocco and Nigeria want to build a unique model of cooperation between two African countries.
In addition, the Nigerian FM expressed his government’s wish that King Mohammed VI visit his country “to inaugurate some projects within the framework of the bilateral partnership.”
Last week, the Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC), a government authority chaired by the Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, had given the green light to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to enter into an agreement with ECOWAS for the realization of the gas pipeline project.
The pipeline was also on the agenda of President Buhari’s visit to Spain, where he held talks with the head of government, Pedro Sanchez, and the chairman of the gas company Naturgy, Francisco Reynés. Naturgy owns 49% of the shares of the Medgaz pipeline, which connects Algeria directly to Spain.
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